Rail anchor



H. G, WARR.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,192!- L4863L P t nte Nov. 211,

Patented Nov. 21, I 1922.

, teeter- Parser oeia ca HAROLD, e. Wanner PARK amen, 11.1mm, ASSIGNOR TO THE- P a a commi F omeaeo; rumors, A conroanrron Anemone] Application filed June 2e,

To aZZwhom-itmwy concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD G.'WARR, a

,. citizen of the- United States, residing at when applied will maintainher, and fastening parts, hereinafter more jects as will 3 rail anchor device.

' Park Ridge,

1 longitudinally.

rail beingbrokenaway clearness;

the line 3-3 of Fi in' the. county ,of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-rAnchors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates "to devicesforresisting the tendencyof railroad rails to creep The principal object of the invention is to p'rovlde an improved anchor device which may beeasily applied to a,=.rail-and whicha .firm engagement with the railbase during the presence of movements of the rail in either direction:- In this connection, the intention contemplatesthe provision of an anchor device comprising a embracing yoke member, a tie abutting wedge member adapted to be forced between the .rail and jthe yoke memmeans secured to a tie and adaptedto-engage with said yoke was to prevent the yoke backing ofl the tie abutting wedge member when the rail is-subjected to a counterecreeping movement; that. is, a movement in, a direction away from the tie through-the yoke.

The invention consists in'the new and im-r proved constructions and combinations of specifically described and claimed, for carrying outthe I above; stated object, and such other. incidental Qb'y appear from the following -description. v 4 I t In the drawing? .2

Fi 1 is 'a plan view ofa rail anchor-(19 vice constructed in accordance with-my in vention, applied in its operative position on the base flange of-a rail, a portionofthe for the-purpose-of' 'Fig. 2'-is a side view of the rail anchor shown in Fig. 1, with parts of the device shown in section;

Fig. 3. is a cross-sectional view taken on 1, looking in the direction indicated by t e arrows; and

Fig. 4=is a view in perspective of one of the members forming a part of my improved Like characters of reference desi I i ate corresponding parts in the several gures of I the drawing.

The invention preferably consists of a l yoke member 10' is thejaw' 14 is p .the aw portion-13 so as to provide a relaleng'th, so, as to opposite edge of the rail member preferably has some resiliency and base ' surface of the wedge.

, prevent an lefts, and consist downwardly be secured to or ILLINOIS.

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oke member 10 a tie abuttin wed e menu er 11, and attachin g g wlth hook-shaped portions 'providi'n ,"aws 13, lgt, 'which engage the upper surf cds of the rail base. The hook-shaped portion of made somewhat longer than tively deep recess 15 adapted to receive one of the base flanges of the rail base and provlde slffiicient c earance to-permitfthe yoke members 12, 12*. The ormed atqopposite ends member to be moved inthe direction of its hook the -'aw 13 over-the ase. The yoke With the rail 16 by means of thelwedge member 11 WhlCh is forced between the under-surface of the rail base The .wedge member is formedwith a tieabuttmg flange l7 and with a longitudinally extending. corrugation 18. 18 increases in depth towar the tie abutting flange l7 and, providesthe-tapered under The yoke member is .held in gripping contact is formed near its-m members for each side of the rail seas to hold thejyoke at right angles to thewedge "member; It. will be in situations where obvious, however, that, p it is not objectionable or the yoke to assume a position dia onally and the f yoke member 10.

The corrugation .so ddle with a recess Q6 whlch provides a curved seat for the coracross the rail, -.or where the speci 0 con:

'struction of the yoke member5 -i's such'asto lar displacement with relation to the we ge, the yoke may beheld in a satisfactory position by the use of oneof such fastening members." The fastening members 12', 12*, arermad'e injri hts and dition to ippmg the rail base eng s the rear face the yoke. The othr midi: bent 19 by spikes 25. The jaw-portion 22 of; the

in each case of a at 'hook- A shaped barbent over at one end to provide a rail base engaging jaw 22 which, in adengages the vertical edge of 'tioned under the rail ency being present embracing member,

fastening member is preferably given a permanent set at an angle'to the body portion, so that the fastening member will be ten-' The yoke may then be moved in a reverse,-

direction until the shoulder 21 of the jaw-14 the rail base. 11 may then be posibase with its flange 17 against the tie 19, and the yoke member forced upon the tapered portion 18 of the wedge by driving the yoke longitudinally on the rail. When the members of the anchor The wedge member are intheir operative positions, any forward creeping movement of the rail, that is to say, in a direction from the yoke 10 toward the tie 19, will tend to increase the wedgin engagement of the wedge 11 between t e under surface of the rail base and the body portion of the yoke 10, thereby increasing the grip of the jaws 13, 14, on the upper surfaces -of the rail' base.

Any tendency which the yoke member may have vto back oif the wedge (such tendrearward creeping movement of the rail when the flange 17 of the wed e is embedded in the ballast of the roaded), will be'resisted by the fastening members 12,12.

I claim:

1. A rail anchorcomprising a rail base embracing: member, a tie-abutting member formed with a tapered portion adapted to be wedged between the rail base and said and'means for maintainingsaid tie abuttin membenand said rail base embracing mem er in wedging engagement with each other comprising a resilient jaw member adapted to fit over one edge of the'rail base and engage said'rail base em- .bracingmember.

2. A rail anchor comprising a rail base embracing member, a wedge member provided with a tie abutment and adapted to be wedged between said rail base and said embracing member, and means for lockingsaid wedge and embracing membersin their wedging engagement with each other comprising a-bar fixed to a cross-tie and engaging said rail base embracing member.

, 3. A rail anchor comprising a rail base embracing yoke, a wedge member provided with a tie-abutment and adapted to. be wedged betweemthe rail base and said yoke,

members in their we ging engagement with particularly during a.

, u the rail base. and means forlockindgsaid wedge and yoke each other comprising a bar fixed to the crosstie and engaging said y'oke member.

4. A rail anchor comprising a yoke member provided with jaws for engaging opposite edges of a rail base, a wedge member provided witha tie abutment and adapted to be forced between said yoke and the,un-' der surface of said rail base to eifect a gripping contact of said jaws with the rail, and means for preventing said yoke backing off said wedge comprising a locking member adapted to be secured to,a tie and formed with a jaw to fit over one edge of said rai base and engage .with said yoke. I

5. A rail anchor comprising a yoke member provided with 'aws for engaging oppo-' site edges of a rai base, a wedge member provided with a tie abutment and adapted to be forced between said yoke and the under surface of said rail base to effect a gripping contact of said jaws with the rail, and means for preventing said yoke backing off said formed so as to be tensaid jaws and the rail, and means for preyoke backing off said ,wedge locking member adapted to be tie and formed'with a jaw to venting the comprislng a secured to a fit over one edge of said rail base and en-' gage with said yoke; the jaw portion of said locking member being arranged at anangle to the body thereof whereby said member is tensioned when it is in its operative positionso as to effect a spring grip of said jaw portion onthe rail.

7. A rail anchor comprising a yoke proof the rail base, a wedgeprovided with a vided with jaws for engaging opposite edges tie abutment and adapted fto-be forced 'be- 1:15

tween said yoke'and the under surface of said rail base to effect a gripping contact between said jaws-and the rail, and means for preventing the yoke backing off said wedge comprising locking members secured to atie on opposite sides of said rail, and

formed with jaws to fit over the opposite edges ofsaid rail base and engage with said 1yoke; the jaw portions of said locking memers being arranged ata'n angle to the body of said members whereby they are tensioned when in their operative position so as to affect a spring of said jaw portions on HAROLD sw m. 

